Resources for Teachers and Staff

Resiliency Websites:

Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers

Building Your Resilience

Mental Health America Screening Tools

Helping Traumatized Children Learn

 

Helpful Articles:

Discusses classroom management strategies that are trauma-informed.

10 Things About Childhood Trauma Every Teacher Needs to Know

Power Point Deck – The Effects of Trauma on Learning by Kathi Ritchie

Trauma, Resilience and the Impact on Learning. Discusses how understanding the brain science behind the impact of trauma can increase educational success and permanency

Calmer Classrooms: A Guide to working with Traumatized Children

Understanding and Responding to Traumatized Children in a School Context

 

Helpful Guides:

Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide - Children at risk: Calmer Classrooms

Mass Violence Packet for Educators - packet of compiled resources from the NCTSN, USDHHS and SAMHSA

Creating, Supporting and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Schools - a great resource from the NCTSN

 

Video:

Brene Brown on Empathy (Video)